WATERSIDE BOARDS.
TjO REGULATE WHARF WORK.
WELLINGTON, November 26. M the Harbour Board meeting tonight a suggestion was put forward'for the establishment in each of the major ports of a standing committee or commission' of nine members representing the .following ' interests: Harbour Board, ocean-going, intercolonial and coastal vessels, coal workers, Railway Department (one each), waterside labourers (two), . and a chairman who should fee a Stipendiary Magistrate, representing the Government. The duties of the commission would be to determine the amount of casual labour required from month to month at each season of the year, and .employ that number of hands at a minimum weekly wage, waterside labour to be engaged from the commission and no others employed till the panel was exhausted. The commission should also inquire into and adjudicate on all complaints against or by labourers, and should , lave power to keep the lists purged of undesirables.' Provision should be made for a provident fund and accident ' insurance. The. Board supported the suggestion and appointed the chairman (Mr R. Fletcher) and Messrs C. P. Jones and 11. A. Wright to represent it at any conference that may be held on the subject.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8726, 27 November 1913, Page 5
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